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“There is truth in dreams, but especially in nightmares.”
― James Patterson, The Private School Murders

“I never knew what was about to happen. I was happy in my ignorance, but someone always pops that bubble and suddenly you know too much and it hurts”
― Joey Paul, Dying Thoughts - Second Sight

“But why always think the worst of people? What would she be doing to herself if she adopted that attitude to life? It was better to think the best and be wrong than to think the worst and be wrong.”
― Mary Balogh, Slightly Dangerous

“And some people have the gift of speaking the
truth and convincing their listeners that it is a lie.”
― Mary Balogh, Slightly Dangerous

“People don’t change. They just get better at hiding who they really are.”
― Courtney Summers, Sadie

“Paul taught me a person committed to silence can suggest importance, strength. So long as they’re a man, I mean. It’s not an option when you’re a girl, not unless you want people to think you’re a bitch.”
― Courtney Summers, Sadie

“I wish his darkness lived outside of him, because you have to know it's there to see it. Like all real monsters, he hides in plain sight.”
― Courtney Summers, Sadie

“Forbid a man something and he craves it like his soul’s salvation”
― Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer

“Broken people don't hide from their monsters. Broken people let themselves be eaten.”
― Francesca Zappia, Eliza and Her Monsters

“I can be in a room full of people that I know and still not feel like I belong”
― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer

“Women are protective. Nurturing. A boat is given the name of a woman in the hopes that she'll protect the crew. And hopefully put a good word in the other important woman in our lives, the ocean.”
― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer

“You forfeited your rights the moment you became my fiancée.”  “Careful, Declan. Your misogyny is showing.”
― Lauren Asher, Terms and Conditions

“Of course he fucked this up. His latest software update didn’t include a manual on how to be a decent human being.”
― Lauren Asher, Terms and Conditions

“You look good on your knees, Mr. Kane.”  “Try to not let it get to your head.” The corners of his lips twitch into that usual Declan smile. A flash of a camera goes off, catching the moment.”
― Lauren Asher, Terms and Conditions

“I choke on my coffee. “I thought libidos decrease with age.”  “I’ve got memories to last me a lifetime.”  Mom groans. “By all means, feel free to take them to your grave.”
― Lauren Asher, Terms and Conditions

“some people need a hundred words to express a single thought, while some people only need one word to share a hundred thoughts.”
― Lauren Asher, Terms and Conditions

“Marriage is like going on a road trip with the person you want to spend the rest of your life with, except you have no map or fancy GPS system to help you out. You might not always agree on what music to play or which direction you should go. I can guarantee there will be moments you want to rip your hair out—or each other’s. Just like there will be times that test you, where you think that maybe things would be easier if you hitch a ride with someone else. The point is, life is going to throw a lot of things at you. Stuff like flat tires, dead ends, and mechanical issues. But you can either make the most of the journey with one another or cry about never getting to your destination. No one can make the right decision but you.”
― Lauren Asher, Terms and Conditions

“Don’t do that.” My brows tug together. “Do what?” “Downplay your experience because someone else had it harder than you.”
― Lauren Asher, Terms and Conditions

“I don't think I could quit you if I tried."

"Even if we fight?"

"Especially when we fight.”
― Devney Perry, Indigo Ridge

“In the absence of a clear ambition, serving others is a mighty purpose.”
― Devney Perry, Indigo Ridge

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a community of women trying to mind their own business must be in want of a random man’s opinion.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Love on the Brain

“You don't even have to admit to yourself that you love me, Bee. God knows I love you enough for the both of us - Levi Ward”
― Ali Hazelwood, Love on the Brain

“The real villain is love: an unstable isotope, constantly undergoing spontaneous nuclear decay. And it will forever go unpunished.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Love on the Brain

“I can give you nice. I can give you better than nice. I can give you everything.” He smiles at me, full of hope. “You don’t even have to admit to yourself that you love me, Bee. God knows I love you enough for the both of us. But I need you to stay. I need you to stick around. Not in Houston, if you don’t want to. I’ll follow you, if you ask me to.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Love on the Brain

“People like to say love is unconditional, but it's not, and even if it was unconditional, it's still never free. There's always an expectation attached. They always want something in return. Like they want you to be happy or whatever and that makes you automatically responsible for their happiness because they won't be happy unless you are ... I just don't want that responsibility.”
― Katja Millay, The Sea of Tranquility

“Daylight won’t protect you from anything. Bad things happen all the time; they don’t wait until after dinner”
― Katja Millay, The Sea of Tranquility

“There are so many things that can break you if there's nothing to hold you together.”
― Katja Millay, The Sea of Tranquility

“kiss 1000 with Poppymin.
When she returned home.
My heart completely burst.”
― Tillie Cole, A Thousand Boy Kisses

“Maybe we’re like the cherry blossom, Rune. Like shooting stars. Maybe we loved too much too young and burned so bright that we had to fade out.” She pointed behind us, to the blossom grove. “Extreme beauty, quick death. We had this love long enough to teach us a lesson. To show us how capable of love we truly are.”
― Tillie Cole, A Thousand Boy Kisses

“Leaning on other people doesn't make your achievements any less yours, La La. You can trust me to help you carry the load. You don't have to do all of this alone. I know you can take of yourself. You've been doing that as long as I've known you. But let me hold your hand while you do it, okay?”
― B.K. Borison, Lovelight Farms